Fearless Records is probably one of the sickest labels around, and we’ve hooked up with them to give you free shit in honor of this summer’s Warped Tour. Here’s what you get: posters from Fearless bands that are on Warped, CD’s from Alesana, Every Avenue, Mayday Parade, and Video Matt’s current band crush, The Maine. In addition, you can have as many of these damn Korn vinyls as we can give away… they make great frisbees. Check out this poster for everything I just told you, then sign up right HERE

No, I didn’t actually see At The Drive In live when I had the chance. All my friends raved about them, but I was too busy being a hippy to take much notice. Hell, I was still figuring out the Dismemberment Plan, and all ATDI’s wiry guitars confused and scared me just a little bit. My brain wasn’t ready for their epic assault until a month before they broke up and splintered into Sparta (yay!) and Mars Volta (blech). Then did I actually sit down and check out what all the fuss was about. Man, I must have missed some great 60-person crowd shows. Any case, all the Mars Volta fans who aren’t hip to At The Drive In better be prepared to get their faces ripped off by ATDI with the release of Guitar Hero IV.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 8, 2008 — Huntington Beach, CA

Pick up your guitar and shred along to “One Armed Scissor” by At the Drive-In this summer on Guitar Hero IV. The game will be released this June on all major platforms including Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, PC, Mac and Nintendo DS. At The Drive-In will have their track included along with rock giants such as Aerosmith and Def Leppard.

The track “One Armed Scissor” originally released on Relationship and Command still continues to stand the test of time. It has been recognized by Spin Magazine as one of the “Top 100 albums between 1985 and 2005″ and by Time Magazine as an album that, “deftly combines punk ferocity with artful though sometimes inscrutable lyrics.”

The Punk Goes compilations have always been pretty cool. Video Matt basically falls asleep at night with a smile on his face every night listening to Punk Goes Pop (specifically Slick Shoes cover of Mandy Moore’s ‘Candy’).

The latest edition to the series is Punk Goes Crunk, featuring 15 dope-ass tracks to make the homies say ho! and the girlies wanna scream. With songs from the dropped Yo! Indie Rock Raps that was scheduled to be released on Immortal Records, the disk contains Dre, Biggie and Lil Jon covers.

From the press release:

It’s official, Punk Goes Crunk is hitting stores on April 4, 2008 and the cover artwork has now been revealed below. Groups currently announced for the comp include Say Anything, Person L (Kenny from The Starting Line), Forever The Sickest Kids, New Found Glory, The Maine, Hot Rod Circut, My American Heart, and Scary Kids Scaring Kids, All Time Low, The Devil Wears Prada, The Secret Handshake, and Set Your Goals.

1. “Put Yo Hood Up” - Set Your Goals (Lil Jon) (4:59)
2. “Got Your Money” - Say Anything (Ol’ Dirty Bastard) (4:15)
3. “I Wish” - The Secret Handshake (Skee-Lo) (2:52)
4. “Men in Black” - Forever the Sickest Kids (Will Smith) (3:05)
5. “California Love” - My American Heart (2Pac) (4:16)
6. “I Wanna Love You” - The Maine (Akon) (3:03)
7. “Kryptonite (I’m on It)” - Emanuel (Purple Ribbon All-Stars) (4:30)
8. “The Seed” - Person L (The Roots) (4:22)
9. “Still Fly” - The Devil Wears Prada (Big Tymers) (4:55)
10. “Umbrella” - All Time Low (Rihanna) (3:49)
11. “Notorious Thugs” - Scary Kids Scaring Kids (The Notorious B.I.G.) (7:23)
12. “Nuthin’ but a “G” Thang” - The Escape Frame (Dr. Dre) (3:30)
13. “Gin and Juice” - Hot Rod Circuit (Snoop Dogg) (3:44)
14. “Hey Ya!” - Lorene Drive (OutKast) (4:24)
15. “Tennessee” - New Found Glory (Arrested Development) (4:05)

The disk is released Tuesday on Fearless Records. Click here for clips of every song… word to your motha’.

In case the 12-year-old suburban high school douchebags in all-over-print hoodies and stunner shades weren’t proof enough that crunk/hyphy/etc. al hadn’t jumped the shark long ago, the latest nail in the coffin comes courtesy of our friends at Fearless Records, who today announced their plans for a Punk Goes Crunk compiliation. From the press release:

Fearless Records (Plain White T’s, Sugarcult, Mayday Parade) will release Punk Goes Crunk in April 2008. This compilation will feature popular rock, pop, screamo, and punk artists covering popular rap and hip-hop tracks.

Punk Goes Crunk will include songs off of the never released Immortal Records compilation, Yo! Indie Rock Raps, such as Say Anything, Kenny from The Starting Line, New Found Glory, The Maine, Hot Rod Circut, My American Heart, and Scary Kids Scaring Kids. This album will also include tracks from All Time Low, The Devil Wears Prada, Set Your Goals, and other artists who will be announced soon.

Tell When to Go! DUMB DUMB DUMB DUMB

So today in the mail, I got the latest in the Fearless Records series of Punk Goes compilations, entitled Punk Goes Acoustic 2, and the first track was…..Jack’s Mannequin. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Don’t get me wrong, I like cheesy piano emo as much as the next teen girl, but “punk?” There ain’t no piano in punk, son.